SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) About this Manual This manual describes the technical aspects of the SC6-TANGO, required for installation and system integration. It is intended for the experienced user only. Edition History Contents/Changes...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Overview While mechanically compliant to CompactPCI® other signals, resulting in a concise and Classic, CompactPCI® Serial defines a new card inexpensive peripheral board design. For slot, based on PCI Express®, SATA, GbE and optional Gigabit Ethernet backplane USB data lines.
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) The SC6-TANGO is provided with a set of local The C48-M2 mezzanine module e.g. is expansion interface connectors, which can be equipped with two M.2 SATA Solid State optionally used to attach a mezzanine side...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Technical Features Feature Summary Feature Summary General PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial (CPCI-S.0) CPU card Form factor single size Eurocard (board dimensions 100x160mm Mounting height 3U Front panel width 4HP (8HP/12HP assembly with optional mezzanine side card) Front panel I/O connectors for typical system configuration (2 x USB3, 2 x DisplayPort, 2 x GbE) Backplane communication via PCI Express®...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Feature Summary Mass Storage On-board CFast™ Card socket (SATA based CompactFlash) Option front I/O Micro SD Card socket (SDHC, SDXC), available on request 128Mbit SPI Flash (UEFI firmware and customer application data) Option e•MMC (embedded MMC 5.0 64GByte soldered)
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Feature Summary APL SoC I/O Usage 4 x PCIe Gen2 to backplane connector - usage for CompactPCI® Serial peripheral cards or rear I/O module 1 x PCIe Gen2 to PCIe switch PI7C9X2G606PR 1:5 lanes (on-board PCIe devices) 1 x SATA 6G to on-board CFast™...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Feature Summary Front Panel I/O (8HP) Option RS-232, Audio, USB w. PCU-UPTEMPO side card Option 2 x M12 X-coded receptacles for Gigabit Ethernet (as replacement for RJ45) Custom specific front panel and side card design CompactPCI®...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Feature Summary Environmental & Regulatory Suitable e.g. for industrial, transportation & instrumentation applications Designed & manufactured in Germany ISO 9001 certified quality management Long term availability Rugged solution Coating, sealing, underfilling on request...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Front Panel Connectors ETH1/2 Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 receptacles with integrated indicator LEDs (Option M12-X) DP1/2 DisplayPort digital video output receptacles USB1/2 Universal Serial Bus 3.0 stacked type A receptacles (USB 3.1 Gen1 5Gbps)
P-SPI SPI Flash device programming connector, not populated Jumpers J-GP Jumper to reset UEFI/BIOS setup to EKF factory defaults, IEEE 1588 Pulse per Second output J-MFG Jumper to enter manufacturing mode, not populated J-RTC Jumper to reset RTC circuitry (part of SoC), not populated Microprocessor The SC6-TANGO is equipped with an Intel®...
This results in a reduction of power consumption and heat dissipation. Do not try to remove the SC6-TANGO heatsink by yourself, since it is bonded to the CPU by a Phase-Change-Material (PCM), in order to improve the heat flow between the APL and the heatsink.
Intel® graphics. For industrial applications and optimum reliability however, Intel® recommends to operate the GPU at 400MHz fixed clock. The SC6-TANGO offers two DisplayPort (DP) receptacles in the front panel, for individual use or an extended desktop application. The VESA DDC standard is supported, allowing to read out important display parameters, e.g.
P1 Pin H3 Serial ATA Interface (SATA) The SC6-TANGO provides a total of up to four serial ATA (SATA) 6Gbps ports, suitable for attachment of mass storage devices. Two ports are derived directly from two the APL-I SoC; another two ports are available as an option via an on-board SATA controller.
If the programming procedure fails e.g. caused by a power interruption, the SC6-TANGO may no more be operable. In this case you would have to send in the board, because the Flash device is directly soldered to the PCB and cannot be changed by the user.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) The SC6-TANGO is provided with a CFast™ host connector, for user replaceable mass storage. It is suitable for CFast™ 2.0 cards, which have the same dimensions as CompactFlash™ cards, but are operated in SATA mode.
DDR3L supply voltage 1.35V, 1.05V, 3.3V or 5V. To force a manual board reset, the SC6-TANGO offers a small tactile switch within the front panel. This push-button is indent mounted and requires a tool, e.g. a pen to be pressed, preventing from being inadvertently activated.
SC6-TANGO indicates the different power states. Warning: The SC6-TANGO will enter the power state S4/S5 if the front panel handle is not closed properly when the system powers up. An open handle is signalled by a yellow blinking ‘PG LED’.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Front Panel LEDs The SC6-TANGO is equipped with five LEDs which can be observed from the front panel. Three of these LEDs are labelled according to their primary meaning, but should be interpreted altogether...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) GP (General Purpose) LED This programmable bicolour LED can be observed from the SC6-TANGO front panel. The status of the red part within the LED is controlled by the GPIO16 of the APL-I SoC. Setting GPIO16 to “1"...
An interrupt can be requested, if ENUM# changes, caused by insertion or removal of a peripheral board. Note that the SC6-TANGO itself is not a hot swap device, because it makes no sense to remove the system controller from a CompactPCI® system. However, it is capable to recognize the hot swap of peripheral boards and to start software that is performing any necessary system reconfiguration.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Mezzanine Side Board Options The SC6-TANGO is provided with several stacking connectors for attachment of a mezzanine expansion module (aka side board), suitable for a variety of readily available mezzanine cards (please refer to www.ekf.com/c/ccpu/mezz_ovw.pdf for a more comprehensive overview).
The PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial specification defines a card slot system based on the high speed data links PCI Express®, SATA, Ethernet and USB. The SC6-TANGO, designed to act as a CompactPCI® Serial system slot controller, provides the resources of these interfaces. The backplane distributes them in the form of point to point connections to the peripheral slots.
WAKE# will be disconnected SGPIO will be disconnected One result of that is, that a SC6-TANGO plugged into a peripheral slot will not get a reset even if the system controller forces the reset signal on the backplane to an active state.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Installing and Replacing Components Before You Begin Warning The procedures in this chapter assume familiarity with the general terminology associated with industrial electronics and with safety practices and regulatory compliance required for using and modifying electronic equipment.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Installing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel. Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here. Failure to disconnect power, or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Removing the Board Warning This procedure should be done only by qualified technical personnel. Disconnect the system from its power source before doing the procedures described here. Failure to disconnect power, or telecommunication links before you open the system or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage.
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) EMC Recommendations In order to comply with the CE regulations for EMC, it is mandatory to observe the following rules: • The chassis or rack including other boards in use must comply entirely with CE •...
CMOS RAM. The battery should last during the lifetime of the SC6- TANGO. However, some versions of SC6-TANGO are delivered with a battery holder which makes it possible for the user to replace the coin cell. Use a BR2032 cell as replacement part to ensure an extended temperature range.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Technical Reference Local PCI Devices The following table shows the on-board PCI devices and their location within the PCI configuration space. Several devices are part of the processor and platform controller hub CM238.
Local SMB/I C Devices The SC6-TANGO contains devices that are attached to the APL-I SoC System Management Bus (SMBus). These are the SPD EEPROM for the on-board memory, the PLD (MachXO2) glue logic including a set of board control and status registers, the CPU PMIC, a PCIe clock buffer, a general purpose serial EEPROM and two general purpose, non-volatile electronic jumpers.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Board Control and Status Registers (BCSR) A set of board control and status registers allow to program special features on the SC6-TANGO: • Assert a full reset • Control activity of front panel reset and power event button •...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Write/Read Control Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xA0 Default after reset: 0x00 Read: SMBus Address 0xA1 Description CMD_CTRL0 GPLED 0=Green part of the front panel LED GP is off (Default)
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Read/Clear Status Register 0 Write: SMBus Address 0xB0 Read: SMBus Address 0xB1 Description CMD_STAT0 PF18S 0=Normal operation 1=Last system reset may be caused by a power failure of the +V1.8S voltage regulator...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Read/Clear Status Register 1 Write: SMBus Address 0xB2 Read: SMBus Address 0xB3 Description CMD_STAT1 WDGARMD 0=Normal operation 1=The watchdog is armed and has to be retriggered within its time-out period...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) GPIO Usage GPIO Usage APL-I SoC GPIO Usage APL-I SoC GPIO Type Function Description 0-15 Not connected GP_LED_RED General Purpose Red LED Control (via PLD) CPCI_PWR_FAIL# Sense CompactPCI Serial Power Failure, P1 Pin F3...
The jumper J-GP may be used to reset the UEFI/BIOS configuration settings to a default state. The UEFI/BIOS on SC6-TANGO stores most of its settings in an area within the UEFI/BIOS flash, e.g. the actual boot devices. Using the jumper J-GP is only necessary, if it is not possible to enter the setup of the UEFI/BIOS.
UEFI/BIOS POST after power on. Note that installing of jumper J-RTC will neither set UEFI/BIOS Setup to EKF Factory Defaults nor resets the time and date register values of the RTC (Real Time Clock). To reset the RTC core the board must be removed from the system rack.
Front Panel Connectors The SC6-TANGO front panel is provided with dual receptacles for monitors (DisplayPort), USB devices (Type-A 5Gbps), and networking (RJ45 GbE). In addition, a Micro SD card slot is available.
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) As an ordering option, the RJ45 jacks can be replaced by M12 X_coded receptacles, which requires an 8HP front panel assembly in combination with a small mezzanine module P01-M12.
+3.3V via current-limited electronic power switch. This voltage is switched on in S0 state only. Most professional monitors are equipped with a DisplayPort connector input. For attachment of either VGA, DVI or HDMI type display to the SC6-TANGO, there are suitable adapters and also adapter cables available.
USB Connectors The Intel® APL-I SoC incorporates an USB 3.0 xHCI host controller (USB 3.1 Gen1 SuperSpeed 5Gbps). Two ports are directly available on the SC6-TANGO front panel (type A receptacle), for attachment of external USB devices. P-USB • Dual USB 3.0 Receptacle USB 3.0 dual Type-A receptacle, stacked, 18-position...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Ethernet Connectors RJ45 All Ethernet ports on the SC6-TANGO are based on individual I210IT PCIe to Ethernet controllers, i.e. offer different MAC addresses, hence suitable for simple network attachment or flexible usage as router or gateway.
MDX3- brown MDX2- white/blue MDX2+ blue Suitable industrial Gigabit Ethernet M12 cable assemblies can be ordered from EKF, or directly from well-known cable and connector manufacturers e.g. Metz, Phoenix, Escha and many others. Ordering Information Cable Assemblies Gigabit Ethernet cable M12 to M12: #271.14.008.xx (xx=lengt [meter]) Gigabit Ethernet cable M12 to RJ-45: #271.15.008.xx (xx=length [meter])
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) microSD Card Holder Available on request, the SC6-TANGO can be optionally provided with a front panel microSD card slot (push-push type, w. card detect switch). microSDHC Host Connector • 218.6.010.1...
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) CFast™ Card Holder By default, the SC6-TANGO is provided with a CFast™ host connector. It is suitable for CFast™ cards, which have the same dimensions as CompactFlash™ cards, but are operated in SATA mode.
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) moving (forced by shock or vibration) and touching a PCB in the neighboured board slot of the system rack. The fixation alternate of the CFast™ card is a small L-shape mounting block (similar picture below).
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Mezzanine Connectors The SC6-TANGO is equipped with two connectors for optional mezzanine expansion. The connector P-HSE is used for SATA based mass storage, available as low profile module (4HP assembly), e.g.
Power rail switched on in state S0 only (switched) Power rail on when system power supply is up Only in systems which provide +12V via backplane (+/-12V are not necessary to operate SC6-TANGO) SATA 1 channel derived from the APL-I SoC SATA controller SATA 2 channel derived from the optional 88SE9170 SATA controller All TX/RX signal directions with respect to the SATA controller.
The jumper P-FPH is used for attachment of an external SPDT switch. By default, P-FPH is connected across a short cable harness to a microswitch, which is integrated into the SC6-TANGO front panel handle (ejector lever). The switch performs a power button event (e.g. system shutdown) by short-circuiting the pins 1 and 3 of P-FPH when activated (hold unlock button of front panel handle depressed momentarily).
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) PLD Programming Header P-PLD The SC6-TANGO is provided with a powerful PLD (Programmable Logic Device) which replaces legacy glue logic. The programming header P-PLD is not stuffed (in use for manufacturing only).
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Firmware Programming Header P-SPI The SC6-TANGO firmware (UEFI/BIOS, Intel® TXE) is stored in a Serial Flash memory. Updates are normally done by software. For debug and manufacturing a pin header P-SPI is provided (not stuffed by default) at the bottom side of the board.
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Processor Debug Header P-MIPI The SC6-TANGO can be equipped with a 60-position processor debug header for JTAG based hard- and software debugging (Samtec QSH series connector aka MIPI-60 specified by the MIPI Alliance Debug Working Group *).
SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) CompactPCI® Serial Backplane Connectors P1 - P6 The SC6-TANGO is provided with five high speed backplane connectors P1 - P6 (without P3), compliant with the CompactPCI® Serial specification (pin mapping for system boards).
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) P2 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type B EKF Part #250.3.1208.20.00 • 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width USB2+ USB2- USB2+ USB2- USB2+ USB2- 2_PE_ 2_PE_ 2_PE_ 2_PE_ 2_PE_ 2_PE_...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) Note: P3 is not equipped by default. P3 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type B EKF Part #250.3.1208.20.00 • 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width 7_SATA 7_SATA 7_SATA 7_SATA 8_SATA...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) P4 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type B EKF Part #250.3.1208.20.00 • 96 pos. 12x8, 16mm Width 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ TX02+ TX02- RX02+ RX02-...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) P5 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type C EKF Part #250.3.1206.20.00 • 72 pos. 12x6, 12mm Width 5_PE_ 5_PE_ 5_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 6_PE_ 7_PE_ 7_PE_ 7_PE_ 8_PE_ 8_PE_ 8_PE_...
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SC6-TANGO • CompactPC® Serial • Intel® Atom™ E39xx Processor (APL-I SoC) P6 CompactPCI® Serial Slot Backplane Connector Type D EKF Part #250.3.1208.20.02 • 96 pos. 12x8, 18mm width 8_ETH_ 8_ETH_ 8_ETH_ 8_ETH_ 8_ETH_ 8_ETH 8_ETH 8_ETH A+ **) A- **)
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